Eleanor Diane Rose Glover Lafond

Norwich, Vt. — Eleanor Diane Rose Glover Lafond, 87, of Norwich died peacefully at her home, on Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. She was surrounded by her sons and daughter as well as her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She was born to the late Joseph Benson Rose II and Eleanor Connely Rose on Feb. 21, 1926, on Brioni Island, in the Adriatic Sea. She spent her early childhood in France, returned to America in 1934 on board the SS Manhattan and divided her time between Charleston, S.C., and New York City, spending summers in Oyster Bay, Long Island. Diane attended Miss Porter’s School in Farmington, Conn., where she made many lifelong friends.

In 1946 Diane married Paul W. Glover and moved to Bath, N.H. where she lived her dream of raising her children in an old house in the country. Though they maintained roots in Bath and continued to spend summers there, the family eventually moved to Hanover, N.H.

Diane was an active member of the Epiphany Episcopal Church of Lisbon, N.H., and St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Hanover, N.H. Her first and greatest love was for her four children. A devoted mother, she supported and nurtured each child as they grew into adulthood and started their own families. “Mum,” as she was called by her children, amazed all with her endless energy. She painted portraits, tied flies, knit Christmas stockings for the newest member of the family, loved her dogs and made every day a celebration with her marvelous joie de vivre. She instilled in her children the value of optimism, resourcefulness and elegance.